Invalidity · first instance · 2020-03-18
000108181
Contested design: 002188136-0003
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community Design No 002188136-0003 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado nº 002188136-0003. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Constanze Grabovia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Münchner Strasse 9, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Alemania
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Presspart Manufacturing S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Avda. del Foix, s/n, Parque Empresarial "El Foix", 43720 L'Arboç del Penedes (Tarragona), España
Prior art cited (1)
design for medical-care articles used as an inhaler
RCD No 00282801-0001 · EUIPO design database / Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2005-03-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested inhaler design lacked individual character in light of at least 19 earlier similar designs, relying in particular on prior design D1.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division treated D1 as the closest prior design, found it sufficiently disclosed through the EUIPO database and bulletin publication, and assessed individual character against it for procedural economy.
- ›It found broad designer freedom for inhalers and concluded that the shared elongated body, angled top, and protruding oval mouthpiece created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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